My evening companion is Walter Schirra’s autobiography. I’m finding it a bit hard going. He’s mainly listing all the planes he’s flown and people he doesn’t like.
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@ianzpotter I think it also shows the nature of these people: they were test pilots first and romantic lunar explorers second. Armstrong was - exactly as you say - extremely reliable
@ianzpotter the planes - by a comfortable distance. He spent many pages discussing the characteristics of the Chance Vought Cutlass and yet described Neil Armstrong in one sentence.
Vale Ariane V. You were a reliable, if ultimately, a bit pricey launch vehicle. And you were at least around - unlike Ariane VI. https://youtu.be/_CwY4SVIL0g
Final lift-off for Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket • FRANCE 24 English
@[email protected] in deference to our new hosts I, of course, deliberately put ‘hats’ instead of ‘hate’ so you were not unduly upset!
@[email protected] would you like me to shout hats at you - just so you don’t forget you’re on social media.
Tomatoes are awful. I’m not keen on fish either.
Spaceflight 🚀2nd #Starship #launch 🚀 : What do you expect ? https://observer.com/2023/06/spacex-starship-second-test-elon-musk
Failure before MaxQ
Successful MECO (after hot staging)
Reaching orbit
Successful reentry & splashdown
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Adam BienkovA reminder that Rishi Sunak spent his entire leadership campaign talking about how “committed” he was to tackling climate change in order to leave a better world behind him for his daughters.
The first lesson I learned about the space industry is that it is the downstream stuff where the money is. There’s no money in upstream. True now as it ever was.
It’s the last launch of the Ariane V rocket tomorrow. Ariane VI has taken too long and is too expensive. But, I will dwell a while longer on the workhorse that has been Ariane V. In a world where the launch market is not a good money maker, V has been excellent.